Numbers 4:2

'Take up the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

In Context

1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

3from a son of thirty years and upward, even till a son of fifty years, every one going in to the host, to do work in the tent of meeting.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:27And of Kohath [is] the family of the Amramite, and the family of the Izharite, and the family of the Hebronite, and the family of the Uzzielite; these are families of the Kohathite.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:2-21

The Office of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: 5 And when the camp setteth forward,… Read the whole commentary →

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